Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-02-17

Agricultural Society.
Bill an act to incorporate the Dixheld and
Peru Bridge Co.
Bill an act to authorize the town OF BROOKS
to fund its Indebtedness at maturity, and to
issue new bonds for that purpose.
Bill an act to repeal sec IL, chap 6o OF
the revised statutes of 1888, relating to d.
vorce.
Bill an act to incorporate the Liberty and
Belfast Telegraph Co.
Bill an act 10 prevent the pollution OF upper
and lower Hadlock ponds and the stream
between them.
Bill an act to amend the charter OF the
Kennebec Log Driving Company.
Resolve in favor of The town of Pembroke.
Bill an act TO amend section chapter PA,
private and special laws OF 1885. relating to
the Maine WESLEYAN Board of E iucation.
Bill an act additional to and amendatory
of Chap. 522 of the private and special laws
of 1885, relating to the Camden and Rock
land Water Co.
Bill an act for the protection of trout and
landlocked salmon in the tributaries of will
son and Nor;h Ponds, Franklin county.
House documents Nos 80 and 80. majority
| snd minority reports OF the COMMITTEE ON
Labor on the ten hour law, came up under
special assignment, the pending question De-
ing the motion of Mr.. Burns OF Poland 10
substitute the report of the minority tor that
of the maj Irity.
Mr.. Walton stated that, in order that the
gu stion might be brought before the House
directly, he withdrew any opposition 10 the
mai nity report, " i'm the distinct understand
ing that when the maj rity bill came before
the House he would in list on htving II so
amended as to make no discrimination
against woman.
The question recurring on the substitution
of the minority report for that OF the m'Jori-
ty, Mr. Looney called for the ayes and nays,
which the House ordered.
The motion was then lost by the following
vote:
YEA-Messrs. Alden, Bennett. Brown, Burns
Chase OF Damari' Gotta. Clark of Saco, Dozen
Eells ignon, Horigan. Jordan keegan, LevenSaier'
Parch-r, Seminar, scott. -turgis. Sylvester wake
field, Weymouth. Wilson. Whham-2!. .r ,0.
Barrier, stal, Billing. Bishop, Boynton. Bradley;
Br, ant, Carleton, Chase Of Edgecomb. Clark of
Calais, Clark f Caribou, Cloulier. Condor, Coos
Foster, Friend. Clifford. Glover. Greene. Grindle.
Hall. Hamilton OF Cumberland. Hamilton OF Goulds-
boro, Harding of Durham. Harding Of GoTn naia
Hlrper. Harriogten, Hawkes.. Hayden, Head
II rsey, Hobson. Hodgkins. Hunter Jones. Judkins,
K sS kng,oay Knapp Libby Of
Lombard. Looney, LufEin, Lyons. Manley, Marble,
Marston Mason, Moore OF Deering Moore of Gardner
mer, Pattangall. PIERCE. Poole. Powers, Pray, Pur'
inton of 30 sdoin, Purinton of Bowdoinham, Kan,
DALI Ray Re nods kichardss Kicker. Mooert so OF
Sanborn OF Island Falls. >anborn OF Standlsh'
Sawyer, Sh ,rp. shaw. sisby. small, Smith. Spin
N.Y. Talbot Thuow " Wioss% wa
Waugh, Wedgewood, Went worth, Whi!comb, Whit
more. Widber, wiggin. Wiley, Wiswell, Woodman,
ABSENT Messrs. Bowker. Bradish, Clark of
Bangor. Dickey. Greer, Jewett, Mailett' Morrill,
Mr. Walton then offered amendment A, to
strike out all before the word "shalP' in the
first section and insert the words ''no per-
son."
Mr.. Lyons of Vinalhaven hoped the gen
tlemen of this House would not kill the la
boring men with kindness, by loading this
bill with amendments. 1t was not the guam
titv they wanted but the quality of legislation.
Mr. Looney thought the practical effect Of
adopting the amendment of the gentleman
from Skowhegan would be to adopt the
Heath bill.
Mr., right of Paris sad it would be inn
possible to present such "a bill as would salts
~ all the gentlemen, and he tn ought that
some weight ought to be given to the report
of the committee who had SO laboriously and
50 carefully studied and examined this ques-
ton. He did not agree with the gentlamen
that this bill Disseminated against women,
but believed that it Disseminated in her IA
vor, and he made an extended and elaborate
argument in favor of that proposition.
Mr.. Fogg of Portland laid special stress
upon the tact that the principle of the bill
would be to impair the rig hts of women
ri ghts which have been gwen 10 her one
after another during the past forty years,
until now she only lacked the elective fran
elise and he was in favor of giving her that
if she wanted it, He thought it would be
step backward in the legislature of Maine to
deprive women of the right to contract to
work as she pleased, the number of hours
she pleased, at what price she pleased. For
ore he would not vote for any measure that
abridged the rights of human beings. He
made an extended argument on the question
Mr.. Noble thought this bill was legIslatng
for women. He thought there proper sphere
was the house and the home, not the work
shop and the mills,--the mothers of our
State, the protectors of the purity of our in
stitutinns, the moulders and trainers of eur
children.
MIR. Walton here went into an exhaustive
argument of the position taken by the advo
cats OF the Looney bill.
He was followed by Mr. Shaw of Portland
in mastery review of the whole labor ques
ton. and the relations to it of the great and
increasing foreign element, to which he at
trihuted all our labor troubles. He stated
bri, fly his position to be that he was in favor
of ten hour law tor men, women and chill
dren,-embodying all the Looney bill for
chi dren under Is years, with a provision
that men and women may work as much
longer as they and their employees agree, pro-
vided they get pay for it,
MIR. Fogg Of Portland here offered amend
ment B-a new section providing that this
bill should not apply, except to minors,
where special contracts were made for extra
hours of labor 18th extra pay.
Mr.. Harrington offered amendment C, pro-
viding for reduction of the penalties, which
were so high that in his judgment they would
make the law nugatory
Mr.. Condor offered amendment D, to
| strike out section 4.
AT this point Mr.. Roberts of Brunswick.
moved that when the House adjourn it be to
4 80 this afternoon, which was carried
Mr.. Moore of Deering moved to recommit
the bill and amendments to the committee.
Mr. Looney moved to lay that motion on
the table.
After some debate on the effect of this mo-
ton, the chair ruled that the motion to Law
on the table only carried the motion to re-
commit and not the whole question.
The motion to lay on the table was then
carried by a vote of SO to 6.
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